. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. FISH-WOMAN. 110 THE VOYAGE OF THE VIVIAN. was picked up, and echoed far over the waters of the Arctic Ocean, andalong the desolate shore of North-eastern Siberia : For hes the captain of the Viv-i-an,Car il est capitai?te du Gam-bet-ta,And a very good captain, tres bon capitaine, lui. At ten oclock the ball came to an end, and the officers, and crew of theVivian returned to their ship. The sun was still above the horizon, andconsequently many of the attendants at the ball were unwilling to closethe performance. George suggested that it w
. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. FISH-WOMAN. 110 THE VOYAGE OF THE VIVIAN. was picked up, and echoed far over the waters of the Arctic Ocean, andalong the desolate shore of North-eastern Siberia : For hes the captain of the Viv-i-an,Car il est capitai?te du Gam-bet-ta,And a very good captain, tres bon capitaine, lui. At ten oclock the ball came to an end, and the officers, and crew of theVivian returned to their ship. The sun was still above the horizon, andconsequently many of the attendants at the ball were unwilling to closethe performance. George suggested that it was not a good place for sing-ing the popular air We wont go Home till Morning, since the move-ments of the sun would compel them to keep up a month or two, to com-ply with the suggestion of the chorus. Candles were of little use in sucha latitude, and nobody was inclined to look forward to the arctic winter,when darkness would be as continuous as was then the STOEIES OF THE WHALERS. Ill CHAPTER VIII. FROM SIBERIA TO WRANGELL ISLAND.—ICEBERGS AND A BEAR-HUNT. AT the appointed time the two exploring ships sailed from the coastand headed to the north. A few hours before their departure awhaler came to anchor near their moorings; Commander Bronson sentCaptain Jones, accompanied by Fred and George, to ascertain if therewas any news of importance. The whaler reported ice in small patches to the north and east, andsaid another whaler had told him there was an extensive barrier of icebetween the coast of Siberia and Wrangell Island. There were severalwhalers at work there, and they had met with very good luck. Two ofthem were nearly full, and would complete their cargoes before the endof summer, when they would saildirectly for the Sandwich Islandsor San Francisco. One whaler hadlost a boat in a battle with a whale,but the crew was saved, so that theaccident was of little whaler had been nipped inthe ice, and got off without
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